Questions about notifications

Configuration Frontend
1

hi.
i’m using notifications to let me know when my dehumidifier shuts down (stops drawing power) when the water tank is full. the thing is that i have to go in and dismiss the notification manually. is it possible to dismiss the notification automatically when i empty the water tank and the dehumidifier goes back to normal?

also, is it possible to send notifications via SMS?

2

What type of notification are you using… there are about 60 core integrations that do notifications.

Most users use the Home Assistant Companion app for mobile notifications.

3

here’s the code from one automation:

metadata: {}
data:
  message: The dehumidifier just shut down. Is the water tank full?
action: notify.persistent_notification

is there any type of notification that can do what i want?

i usually turn off tailscale and the companion app because they drain the battery so fast. also, can the companion app play a sound when a notification comes in?

4

Yes, the Persistent Notification integration has an action persistent_notification.dismiss for that purpose, but you will need to modify your original action so that the notification’s ID is known…

  - action: notify.persistent_notification
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: The dehumidifier just shut down. Is the water tank full?
      data:
        notification_id: dehumidifier_shut_down

Then you would use the following to dismiss it:

  - action: persistent_notification.dismiss
    data:
      notification_id: dehumidifier_shut_down

This could be either in its own automation or you could add a Wait for trigger in your existing automation.

5

hi.
i tried that notification_id stuff, and it gave me an error:

Error: extra keys not allowed @ data['notification_id']

6

Sorry about that. I missed the second level data attribute. I will correct it above.

7

no need. i found out how to make it work. thanks anyway :slight_smile: